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108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3546
To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products
Inspection Act to improve the safety of meat and poultry products by
enhancing the ability of the Secretary of Agriculture to retrieve the
history, use, and location of a meat or poultry product through a
recordkeeping and audit system or registered identification, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 20, 2003
Ms. DeGette (for herself, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Stark, and Mr.
English) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Agriculture
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A BILL
To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products
Inspection Act to improve the safety of meat and poultry products by
enhancing the ability of the Secretary of Agriculture to retrieve the
history, use, and location of a meat or poultry product through a
recordkeeping and audit system or registered identification, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Meat and Poultry Products
Traceability and Safety Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. TRACEABILITY OF LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY.
(a) Livestock.--Title I of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21
U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 25. TRACEABILITY OF LIVESTOCK, MEAT, AND MEAT PRODUCTS.
``(a) Definition of Traceability.--In this section, the term
`traceability' means the ability to retrieve the history, use, and
location of an article through a recordkeeping and audit system or
registered identification.
``(b) Requirements.--
``(1) In general.--Cattle, sheep, swine, goats, and horses,
mules, and other equines presented for slaughter for human food
purposes, and the carcasses or parts of carcasses and the meat
and meat food products of those animals, shipped in interstate
commerce shall be identified in a manner that enables the
Secretary to trace--
``(A) each animal to any premises or other location
at which the animal was held at any time before
slaughter; and
``(B) each carcass or part of a carcass and meat
and meat food product of such animals forward from
slaughter through processing and distribution to the
ultimate consumer.
``(2) Traceability system.--The Secretary shall establish a
traceability system for all stages of production, processing,
and distribution of meat and meat food products that are
produced through the slaughter of animals described in
paragraph (1).
``(c) Prohibition or Restriction on Entry.--The Secretary may
prohibit or restrict entry into any slaughtering establishment
inspected under this Act of any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, or horses,
mules, or other equines not identified as prescribed by the Secretary
under subsection (b).
``(d) Records.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary may require that each
person, firm, and corporation required to identify livestock
pursuant to subsection (b) maintain accurate records, as
prescribed by the Secretary, regarding the purchase, sale, and
identification of the livestock.
``(2) Access.--Each person, firm, and corporation described
in paragraph (1) shall, at all reasonable times, on notice by a
duly authorized representative of the Secretary, allow the
representative to access to each place of business of the
person, firm, or corporation to examine and copy the records
described in paragraph (1).
``(3) Duration.--Each person, firm, and corporation
described in paragraph (1) shall maintain records required to
be maintained under this subsection for such period of time as
the Secretary prescribes.
``(e) False Information.--No person, firm, or corporation shall
falsify or misrepresent to any other person, firm, or corporation, or
to the Secretary, any information as to any premises at which any
cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, or
carcasses thereof, were held.
``(f) Alteration or Destruction of Records.--No person, firm, or
corporation shall, without authorization from the Secretary, alter,
detach, or destroy any records or other means of identification
prescribed by the Secretary for use in determining the premises at
which were held any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or
other equines, or the carcasses thereof.''.
(b) Poultry.--The Poultry Products Inspection Act is amended by
inserting after section 23 (21 U.S.C. 467e) the following:
``SEC. 23A. TRACEABILITY OF POULTRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS.
``(a) Definition of Traceability.--In this section, the term
`traceability' means the ability to retrieve the history, use, and
location of an article through a recordkeeping and audit system or
registered identification.
``(b) Requirements.--
``(1) In general.--Poultry presented for slaughter for
human food purposes and poultry products shipped in interstate
commerce shall be identified in a manner that enables the
Secretary to trace--
``(A) each animal to any premises or other location
at which the animal was held at any time before
slaughter; and
``(B) each poultry product forward from slaughter
through processing and distribution to the ultimate
consumer.
``(2) Traceability system.--The Secretary shall establish a
traceability system for all stages of production, processing,
and distribution of poultry and poultry food products that are
produced through the slaughter of animals described in
paragraph (1).
``(c) Prohibition or Restriction on Entry.--The Secretary may
prohibit or restrict entry into any slaughtering establishment
inspected under this Act of any poultry not identified as prescribed by
the Secretary.
``(d) Records.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary may require that each
person, firm, and corporation required to identify poultry
pursuant to subsection (b) maintain accurate records, as
prescribed by the Secretary, regarding the purchase, sale, and
identification of the poultry.
``(2) Access.--Each person, firm, and corporation described
in paragraph (1) shall, at all reasonable times, on notice by a
duly authorized representative of the Secretary, allow the
representative to access to each place of business of the
person, firm, or corporation to examine and copy the records
described in paragraph (1).
``(3) Duration.--Each person, firm, and corporation
described in paragraph (1) shall maintain records required to
be maintained under this subsection for such period of time as
the Secretary prescribes.
``(e) False Information.--No person, firm, or corporation shall
falsify or misrepresent to any other person, firm, or corporation, or
to the Secretary, any information as to any premises at which any
poultry, or carcasses thereof, were held.
``(f) Alteration or Destruction of Records.--No person, firm, or
corporation shall, without authorization from the Secretary, alter,
detach, or destroy any records or other means of identification
prescribed by the Secretary for use in determining the premises at
which were held any poultry or the carcasses thereof.''.
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